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Back to Hypertext History: Our Online American History Textbook By the end of the 1920s, Americans were overwhelmed by the rise of a modern consumer culture. In response, many of the bitter cultural tensions that had divided Americans had begun to subside.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Back to Hypertext History: Our Online American History Textbook By the end of the 1920s, Americans were overwhelmed by the rise of a modern consumer culture. In response, many of the bitter cultural tensions that had divided Americans had begun to subside.</div>

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"1920s Coke Ad" - 1 views

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A student-made advertisement for Coca-Cola. Not historical but very cute and 1920s-esque!

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"The Roaring Twenties" - "The 1920's" - Arts & Literature - 1 views

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  New dances, such as the Charleston, came about in the 1920s.
  
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The Roaring Twenties was alternatively known as The Jazz Age. This "movement" in which jazz music grew in popularity by immense standards in the U.S., also influenced other parts of the world. Following World War I, around 500,000 African Americans in search of better employment opportunities moved to the northern part of the United States.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Roaring Twenties was alternatively known as The Jazz Age. This "movement" in which jazz music grew in popularity by immense standards in the U.S., also influenced other parts of the world. Following World War I, around 500,000 African Americans in search of better employment opportunities moved to the northern part of the United States.</div>

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Some Consumer Prices --1920s - 0 views

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An interesting look at prices of expenses such as bread and clothing in the 1920s!

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"The purpose of this video is to show the main events and fashions of the 1920s. Music: Number 1: Artist: Duke Ellington The Mooche Number 2: "Charleston" by the 'Dixieland Jazz Band' "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The purpose of this video is to show the main events and fashions of the 1920s. Music: Number 1: Artist: Duke Ellington The Mooche Number 2: "Charleston" by the 'Dixieland Jazz Band' "</div>

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YouTube video showing dress, dance, cars, etc. of the American 1920s

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Dumbing Down 'Gatsby' - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher - 0 views

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But book blogger Jessica Crispin thinks Ebert is overreacting. She argues that students shouldn't necessarily be deprived of a "universal" storyline just because the prose is over their heads. Besides, she says, this sort of thing has been going on for decades, with little known harm done to aspiring readers. She recalls reading young readers' adaptations of Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities when she was a kid
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  I can see both sides here: I think that great American novels are works of art that should not be "dumbed down" or modified just so that people intimated by the difficult prose can know the story. However, I think for children reading abridged or modified versions of classics get introduced to the themes and stories in a friendly way. As Cripsin later says, this never discouraged her from reading the "real" version later when she was ready.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I can see both sides here: I think that great American novels are works of art that should not be "dumbed down" or modified just so that people intimated by the difficult prose can know the story. However, I think for children reading abridged or modified versions of classics get introduced to the themes and stories in a friendly way. As Cripsin later says, this never discouraged her from reading the "real" version later when she was ready.</div>
  
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  I like this idea of using a YA novel as a bridge to the canon!
  
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splendor of the Jazz Age and the frivolity of the Roaring Twenties through Artistic Director Septime Webre's re-imagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald's passionate, thought-provoking, and complex work.
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Though this event already took place, I think it is cool to think about how Fitzgerald's work could be translated into a ballet! Neat!

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A fun "scavenger hunt"-type site to learn more about The Great Gatsby!

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Walter Biggs was an artist in the early 20th century. His paintings of women reflect the time period in which he lived, and Fitzgerald may have based his character(s) of Daisy and/or Jordan Baker off of Biggs' work.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Walter Biggs was an artist in the early 20th century. His paintings of women reflect the time period in which he lived, and Fitzgerald may have based his character(s) of Daisy and/or Jordan Baker off of Biggs' work.</div>

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  Here is an image of a girl that was popular in the 1920s. Sometimes Daisy from The Great Gatsby can be compared to this image of a woman.
  
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The way Christy drew her, she was popular with the males because of her charm,
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"Christy girl," and Christy used her image in books, magazines, calendars, and even patriotic posters. Christy once stated that the "Christy girl" was "High-bred, aristocratic and dainty though not always silken-skirted; a woman with tremendous self-respect
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Fitzgerald's classic

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1920's The Charleston - 0 views

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YouTube video of this popular dance from the 1920s

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F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer part 1 - 0 views

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A documentary on the life of the author

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Roaring Twenties: Modernism, Consumerism, Hedonism, and Individualism - 0 views

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The Cat's Pajamas: Miss. America in the 1920s - 0 views

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Pictures of women from the 1920s Miss America paegents

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The 1920s Skyscraper of the Future - The New York Times > Real Estate > Slide Show > Sl... - 0 views

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Image of a skyscraper built in the 1920s

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Crossley Cars of the 1920s - 0 views

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  Cool website on cars of the 1920s (photos included)
  
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Scoop - Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! - Fads of the 1920s: Slang, It's the... - 0 views

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It was a very contradicting era as prohibition became the new law, woman gained the right to vote, and “talkies” first entered the entertainment scene.
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People, especially young people, began expressing themselves with slang. Many phrases and terms of the 1920s are still used by people today, with examples like, “sweetheart,” “baby,” “dolled up,”
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Considering this was the time of prohibition, many slang terms often reflected alcohol, drinking, and having a good time, especially since prohibition outlawed all of these things.
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A cool Glogster illustrating the fashion of the 20's

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